Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. dreams
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' truth
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. equality & love
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. experience
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. God
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. death
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. faith
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. wisdom
Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds. knowledge
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. art
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. wisdom
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. happiness, life & truth
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. dreams & trust
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. knowledge
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. great, knowledge & wisdom
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. knowledge & wisdom
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. love
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. faith
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. dreams & men
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. knowledge
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. teacher & wisdom
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. fear & life
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. love
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. sad
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. truth
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. poetry
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. truth
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. faith & knowledge
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. friendship
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. love
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. truth
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. fear
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. beauty, life & truth
Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. love
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. art & knowledge
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. life & love
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. life
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. friendship
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers. love
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. beauty
If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved. death
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. death & life
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. time
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. dreams
Love is trembling happiness. happiness & love
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. beauty, inspirational, love & truth
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. business, love & work
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. sympathy & truth
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. love
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. life & politics
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all. life & religion
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. nature
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. wisdom
And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. love
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. love
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars. strength